268 HYMENOPTERA. 



have a marginal fascia of snow-white scales ; in the centre the 

 bands are formed of single scales placed longitudinally, at the 

 sides the bands are much widened and are continued beneath, both 

 above and below usually more or less interrupted ; the abdomen is 

 rufo-testaceous beneath ; the superior plate of the apical segment 

 gradually narrows to a point, has a short carina towards the apex, 

 and a white spot on each side about the middle ; the lower plate 

 is nearly twice the length of the upper, gradually tapering and 

 notched at its apex. 



The male only differs in the apical segment of the abdomen 

 which is armed with eight spines, a short acute one on each side 

 at the base, four short acute ones in a row at the apex above, and 

 two longer ones beneath ; there is also a very minute one on the 

 apical margins of the fifth segment at its extreme lateral angles. 



Hob. Northern India ; North Bengal ; Ceylon. 



35. CCELIOXYS VIDUA. 



Female. Length 4^ lines. — Black, the face covered with very 

 short pale ochraceous pubescence, the mandibles and scape of the 

 antennae ferruginous. Thorax, a line on the collar, an epaulet over 

 the tegulse, and a line at the base of the scutellum of ochraceous 

 pubescence ; the legs red, the tibiae and tarsi above, and femora 

 beneath covered with a short white pile ; the scutellum produced 

 in the middle into an angular tooth, and armed on each side with 

 a stout tooth ; the disk covered with large distinct punctures, 

 the tegulae red, the apex of the wings fuscous. Abdomen, the 

 first segment above, the second and third laterally, and the whole 

 beneath red ; all the segments margined with pale ochraceous 

 bands, continuous beneath ; the superior plate of the anal seg- 

 ments rounded at its extremity and having a central carina 

 extending nearly to its base ; the inferior plate a little longer 

 than the superior one, its apex terminating in a broad acute tooth, 

 "on each side of which it is notched, forming two short acute teeth. 



Hah. Brazil. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



36. CCELIOXYS CARINATA. 



Female. Length 5 lines. — Black, the face on each side densely 

 covered with short yellowish -white pubescence, the mandibles 

 ferruginous, their tips black. The thorax shining on the disk, 

 nearly impunctate anteriorly, becoming deeply punctiu-ed towards 

 the scutellum, the punctures large and not very close, the scu- 

 tellum punctured on each side, its posterior margin angular, 

 ferruginous at the point ; on each side is a stout tooth ; the 

 tegulae ferruginous, the wings subhyaline, gradually becoming 



